Garment-hanger.



A. B'UGHWALD. GARMENTHANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1913.

g Bil MM?- ATTOR/VEVS Patented May 12, 1914.

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ALEXANDER BUCHWALD. OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TC ISIIDOR FRANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented as, 12, rate.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BUoH- WALD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide agarment hanger out from a cardboard blank, and bent to form a head and chest, the cardboard blank having a reinforcing member, and a hook by which it may be supported.

As the garment isohung on my hanger, the bentchest portion of the hanger will hold the cj-hest portion of the garment out in normal position, and the head portion of the hanger will indicate the proportion and style of the garment relatively to the bust of a normal person. These garment hangers may be carried by salesmen on the road to show the styles of their garments under the most favorable condition, and as the garment hangers may be packed within each other, it is possible to store away a great number of these garment hangers in a very little space.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification, in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which V Figure 1 is a perspective view of my garment hanger; Fig. 2 is a rear View of the blank from which my garment hanger is manufactured; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the garment hanger after it has been bent and the fastening means and reinforcing member are secured in place; and Fig. 4 is a transverse verti :11 section of Fig.

13y referring to the drawings it will be seen that a blank 5 is provided, cut to form a head portion (3, and a chest portion 7, there being two vertical cuts 8 in the chest portion 7, extending upward from the bottom of the blank. The portions 1) at the outer sides of the cuts are bent over the portion it) of the blank between the cuts 8 t the dotted lines 11, and the portions 5) of the blank are secured in this position, by means has been done a wire reinforcing member 13 is secured to the rear of the blank 5, adjacent its periphery lat, as will be seen by referring to Figs. 3 and 4: of the drawings. Extending upward from this reinforcing member 13 at the top of the blank 5, there is a hook 15, by which the garment hanger may be conveniently supported.

When the garment hanger has been constructed'in the manner set forth, the front of the head portion 6, and the chest portion 7 of the garment hanger are decorated as may be desired, to illustrate the features and the body of a person.

lhese garment hangers may be conveniently carried by salesmen to exhibit the styles of the garments which they have for sale, and the hangers may be readily packed one within another, as the head portion (5 of one of the hangers may be disposed against the back of the head portion 6 of another hanger, and the chest portion 7 of one of the hangers may be disposed at the rear and within the bent chest portion 7 of. the second hanger. However, if desired, the hangers may be carried flat as the terminals 16 ofthe wire reinforcingmember 13 at the bottom-of the hanger may be freed from each other, and the fastening members 12 may be removed, to flatten the garment hangers to permit of their being packed flat. Pivoted to the rear of the device there is a looped member 17,

which when in horizontal position serves to ,llOlCl extended the garment at the Waist.

This looped member 17 may be folded against the blank when not in use and to assist in packing.

Having thus described'my invention, I

claim as no Patent:

1. in a garment hanger, a blank cut to form the head portion and body portion of and desire to secure by Letters a person and with the body portion bent to a natural position, a wire extending around the periphery of the blank on the head portion and on the body portion for reinforcing the blank, means for securing the wire .to the blank, a transverse looped member pivoted to the wire and adapted to be extended rearwardly for holding position the back of a gown disposed on the hanger and a hook secured to the wire by which the hanger may be supported.

2. In a garment hanger, a member. cut and decorated to form a head portion and body portion of .a person, a reinforcing ice ill

member secured m 151% first membay sent its paripherynnd hsa'vil'zg a heck membait, and a 1009061 member piveted 150 the reinforcing member and normally extcnimg 5 reamxwarardl;y from the. first member for the pmpasa speeified.

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ALEXANDER BUCHWALD.

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